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registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2017-07-11more like thismore than 2017-07-11
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Universal Credit more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of new universal credit claims were processed and paid within six weeks in the last six months. more like this
tabling member constituency Birkenhead more like this
tabling member printed
Frank Field more like this
uin 4292 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
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answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are intending to publish further data on payment timeliness in due course, but our latest internal data, for week ending 19 June, suggests some 80% of cases were paid in full at the end of the first assessment period.</p><p> </p><p>For the 20% of cases who were not paid in full we estimate around a third have not signed up to their claimant commitment so cannot be paid until they have. The other two thirds have an outstanding verification issue, such as providing bank statements, evidence of childcare costs, or proof of rent. Many of these claimants receive a part-payment where elements of the claim have been verified.</p> more like this
answering member constituency East Hampshire more like this
answering member printed Damian Hinds more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-07-19T09:21:59.197Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-19T09:21:59.197Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Damian Hinds more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead more like this